Matches (15)
IND v AUS (1)
Gulf T20I (2)
CPL 2023 (1)
County DIV1 (5)
County DIV2 (3)
Asian Games (W) (2)
Malaysia Tri (1)

Full Name

Virat Kohli

Born

November 05, 1988, Delhi

Age

34y 321d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Top order Batter

India has given to the world many a great cricketer but perhaps none as ambitious as Virat Kohli. To meet his ambition, Kohli employed the technical assiduousness of Sachin Tendulkar and fitness that was in the league of top athletes in the world, not just cricketers. As a result, Kohli became the most consistent all-format accumulator of his time, making jaw-dropping chases look easy, and finding, in his own words, the safest possible way to score runs. Plenty of them.

This ambition transferred seamlessly to his captaincy: he demanded more than ever of his bowlers especially the quick ones, often sacrificed a batsman for bowling depth, and led India to a long stay at No. 1 in Test rankings and a first-ever series win in Australia. He is well on his way to end up as India's most successful Test captain.

Barring one in Bangladesh, Kohli scored Test hundreds in and against every country he played. He absolutely smashed records for number of matches taken to reach eight, nine, ten and eleven thousand ODI runs. He was a genuine threat to Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI and 51 Test hundreds.

An Under-19 world Cup-winning captain, when he burst onto the scene, Kohli was a precocious talent with a cover drive to kill for. He was destined to be India's next big batsman as the Tendulkar era began to retire, but Kohli wanted to be more: a cricketer whom the opposition would be in awe of, a cricketer whose presence would raise the intensity of the contest. He lived every ball, competed each moment, and made sure he had the fitness and strength to do so. He was widely credited for changing the fitness culture in Indian cricket, introducing endurance tests as a criterion for selection.

Kohli was quite simply India's most powerful captain. Centre of every marketing campaign for Indian cricket, he also happened to lead at a time when the BCCI was run by interim administrators who knew better than to draw the ire of Indian cricket's biggest star. There was never any cause to doubt his intent: to do things that will win matches for India, which they did plenty under him.

Virat Kohli Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests111187118676254*49.291570855.232929966241100
ODIs280268411302718357.381388993.79476512211411440
T20Is115107314008122*52.732905137.96137356117500
FC1432351810925254*50.341961155.7036371279391410
List A314301441446918356.291542593.80517313851651620
T20s3743576811965122*41.408972133.3589110693711700

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests11111175840---2.88-000
ODIs2804864166541/151/15166.256.22160.2000
T20Is1151315220441/131/1351.008.0538.0000
FC1432564333831/192/42112.663.15214.3000
List A3145570572641/151/15181.506.17176.2000
T20s3744546066782/252/2583.378.7057.5000
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Jay Shah, of the ACC and BCCI, is all smiles handing over the Asia Cup trophy to India captain Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma greets Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli congratulates Ishan Kishan after India's 263-ball win
All smiles in the Indian camp after the 21.3-over demolition of Sri Lanka
Eye on the ball - Virat Kohli takes throwdowns before the game
That's a star-studded bench - India rested many of their regulars for the game
It didn't always go to plan for India on the field, as Virat Kohli exhibits here